Quotes About Independence

Women have waited millions of years, growing separate as another species, with visions and priorities no man-words, no man-measurements can comprehend.

I think a lot of women innately know how to play their hand. I'm not a big one for the rules.

There are still women who are not living their own lives, but living through their men or their children

The roles that I am attracted to are women who try to do something about their lives, and not a woman who waits for some circumstance or man to come rescue her. I have no interest in that.

I really want women to throw their shoulders back and stand up straight and use their big girl voices and not feel like they're compromising their femininity to be strong and smart.

We need more young women who love sports even when their boyfriend/husband isn't making them watch!

I've liked women but I've never felt I wanted to give up my life completely. I've never wanted to go to bed with anybody.

In their 30s women really start to live... they're not children anymore, and they're not just mothers.

I don't think men should think too much about their hair. They shouldn't think. They should just open bottles for women, hammer nails into wall and chop wood.

I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time.

I think - and even with the Live Chin Up movement - it's about women doing things for themselves. Being empowered. Doing things that make you happy. I believe in that philosophy.

Some women chasing men, and some - for dreams. If you are at a fork, remember, your career will not wake up one morning to say that more does not love you.

Men leave women for other women. Women leave men for another way of life.

You can rescue a woman from a dragon - because you can go slay the dragon - but you can't rescue a woman from herself.

Other people do not owe me their availability.

If someone has a boy who gets to age 18 without something [a bone] being fractured, that kid has been overly controlled.

I'm a bit of a feminist and very "female empowerment," and women should be able to do what they please.

I hold doors open for all the women. Men can open the doors for themselves.

Women have that weird way of trying to be feminist. You know, like 'hear me roar.' But what they really want is a man to open the door for them.

These impossible women! How they do get around us!

I'm not short," Daisy muttered. "Short women are never mysterious, or elegant, or pursued by handsome men. And they're always treated like children. I refuse to be short.

I'm not a big fan of Women's Liberation, but maybe it will help women stand up for the respect they're due.

The greater part of what women write about women is mere sycophancy to man.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.